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CCIP · 01-28-12, 07:32 PM

And let's not solely point the finger at Apple, China and the US here - this is the cost of the globalized economy and the consumer lifestyle that many of us enjoy. Apple is just a good example of how to be successful in creating demand for a moderately expensive luxury (the use value of which is actually low) while manufacturing it at a very low price and with little accountability to the public (who are themselves happy to buy into the product). They win because at the end of the year, everybody still wants one of their trinkets under the Christmas tree. What are we gonna do about that?

Vote with your dollars and don't buy into marketing and peer pressure, that's what I say. But remember that Apple's just a tip of the iceberg here.

01-28-12, 07:32 PM	#2
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	And let's not solely point the finger at Apple, China and the US here - this is the cost of the globalized economy and the consumer lifestyle that many of us enjoy. Apple is just a good example of how to be successful in creating demand for a moderately expensive luxury (the use value of which is actually low) while manufacturing it at a very low price and with little accountability to the public (who are themselves happy to buy into the product). They win because at the end of the year, everybody still wants one of their trinkets under the Christmas tree. What are we gonna do about that? Vote with your dollars and don't buy into marketing and peer pressure, that's what I say. But remember that Apple's just a tip of the iceberg here. __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)